Maokeng Crime Prevention team and Sasolburg Public Order Police (POP) Task Team arrest five (5) suspects at Maokeng.

Upon receiving an intelligence led information on five (5) suspects loading suspected stolen cattle on a trailer. The members swiftly responded and caught the suspects.

Upon further investigation the members discovered that the suspects had stolen the cattle from a nearby farm on the R76 towards Viljoenskroon from Kroonstad.

Five (5) cattle valued at an estimated R37 500.00 were recovered.  The five (5) suspects aged between 28 and 47 have been arrested.

The suspects will be charged with stock theft and are expected to appear before Kroonstad Magistrates Court on Friday, 30 September 2022.

Source: South African Police Service